Category: Antiwork

Super long. tldr: quit on the spot on the moral, ethical and procedural high ground and now I'm in the gutter. I worked for a backpacker hostel chain in Australia for over 5 years in various roles of front office reception as a lacky and supervisor, group booking management, housekeeping and, a bit of management work on the side(helping out for free). I have always been very down the line regarding policy and procedure, specifically regarding safety, security and, guest comfort. At times I gave bosses and bosses bosses headaches regarding a decision I made or my conduct in general but nothing ever came of anything as I always followed company policy and procedural training to the letter. Clean record. The incident: nice guest comes to reception around 11:30pm explaining the electronic key lock to his door isn't working. After troubleshooting for about 30 minutes I could not fix it…

Everyone in this subreddit should read this book. Long post but I felt like it should be somewhere. The book may not be 100% true anti work as it does detail the benefit and personal reward of hard labor, but its definitely anti capitalism, anti big business, and pro union dipped in red. This was written by John Steinbeck in the 30s and is as relevant today, almost 100 years later, as it was then. It was banned for a time due to its heavy communist overtones. About a tenant farm family evicted from the land during the dust bowl, their journey west, and their struggle as laborers. About inhumanity, and solidarity. These are just handful of bits that really rang true to me; quoted with some small edits for clarity: ​ “Could you give me a lift mister?” “Didn't you see the NO RIDERS sticker on the windshield?” “Sure–…